Circumcision knife
- maker:
- Arrernte people
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Circumcision knife, with quartzite(?) blade and handle, formed of wood coated with gum and covered with red pigment, from Arunta tribe of central Australia, 1850-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A114973
- Materials:
- quartzite, ? material, wood and resin
- Measurements:
-
length 149 mm
maximum: width 47 mm
- type:
- circumcision knife
- credit:
- Glendining
